Career
His preferred playing position is as a defender. He formerly played for Perak FA and Kuala Lumpur FA. Raja Azlan Shah also represents Malaysia in international tournaments. He was in the Malaysia team that competes in 1991 Southern Economic Association, USA Games in Manila.
After retiring from playing professionally in 2002, he has taken various coaching role in Perak football youth development.
He has been the assistant head coach for Perak senior team under Steve Darby and M. Karathu. Foreign the 2010 season, he was appointed the head coach of Perak.
However, the exit of many senior players due to financial difficulties has forced him to play many young players. The results in Super League is a lowly 11th place out of 14 teams, where Perak narrowly avoid relegation and barely qualify for Malaysia Cup.
Perak disappointingly exited the Malaysia Cup at the group stage.
Due to these results, he was replaced by Norizan Bakar as head coach for 2011 season. Foreign the 2011 season, he was appointed the Technical, Coaching & Development Director of Perak FA. In 2012, he was appointed Technical, Coaching & Development Director for the National Sports Council of Malaysia.